Word: civilizations
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Harold J. Berman, professor of Law, has returned from Russia after initiating what is probably the first law suit ever brought by a Western attorney in a Soviet civil court...
...Doyle suit, however, is based on a provision of the Soviet Civil Code itself, which requires the reimbursement of any 'unjust enrichment' gain at the expense of another person or organization," Berman noted. "I hope that a decision in the Conan Doyle case may serve as the legal basis for a regular system of compensation...
...students knew little about the facts of the racial situation; many thought, for example, that school segregation existed throughout the country. But there was an obvious emotional involvement in the Negroes' struggle for civil rights, illustrated by the repeated habit of terming them "our brothers." The Nigerians were pleased to note that, of our party of fourteen, five were colored...
...integrally related to campus and career. Several university students state that they did not want to endanger their scholarship standing by being vocal supporters of any one political party. Moreover, federal and regional scholarship terms commit them to five years' employment in a government department after graduation, and incipient civil servants are wise to avoid entangling alliances with parties. They are expected to be apart from such things...
...supplement work on a thesis or preparation for generals, but to foster projects which are intellectual ends in themselves. It is a fond hope that the English concentrator may become interested in the art of printing and study illuminated manuscripts, or that the Chemistry major steep himself in Civil War lore. Such "non-functional" ventures, springing from personal curiosity, offer the gratification of solitary scholarship, the satisfaction of a discipline stemming from self and subject alone...